Handle for implements



Oct. 12 192s.

H. F. EVER-ETT HANDLE FORv IMPLEMENTS Filed April 8. 1925 Patented Oct.12, 1926.-

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. EVEEETT, F WEST BOXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

HANDLE FOR IMPLEMENTS.

Application tiled April 8, 1925. Serial No. 21,560.

This invention relates to handles of im. plements such as fencing-foilswherein a handle member proper is equipped with a pommel at its outerend and with a guard member at its inner end where the foil entersthereinto. The handle construction of the present invention is of thesame general type as that shown in the patent to Everett, No. 849,832,patented January 8, 1907, and the present invention is in the nature ofan improvement on the type of foil handle there described. The principalobject of the present invention is to provide an improved constructionand mounting of the guard member at the inner end of the handle wherebythis guard member is strongly and reliably assembled with the handle andis cheaper and more convenient to manufacture than prior types.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages of the invention willmore fully appear from the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, and the distinctive featuresof novelty will be pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of afencing-foil handle embodying the invention, a portion of a fencing-foilbeing shown in elevation therein.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one form of guard member.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing another lshank 12fL extends through apassage of the hand grip member and a shoulder 12b where this shankmerges into the body of the foil and is adapted to engage a guard fittedto the other or inner end 'of the handgrip member. This guard comprises,in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, an inner layer in one with saidplate.

13 of leather such as sole-leather or the like, and an outer reinforcinglate 14 of metal. For mounting this guar upon the inner end of thehand-grip member 10 a socket 15 is provided, this being shown as of 55stamped metal, rectangular in cross section to fit a corresponding shapeof the end of the hand-grip. In accordance with my invention, thissocket member 15 which fits upon the end of the hand-grip member is eoprovided with oppositely extending lugs or ears 16 which extend outwardat opposite sides between the plate 14 and the leather layer 13. Theparts are securely and strongly assembled by fastening means such asrivets 17 which are passed through the plate 14, the ears 16 and theleather layer 13, and as shown upset against the inner layer 13. Thisprovides an exceptionally strong and reliable mounting of the guard, andpermits the reinforcing plate 14 to be produced as a plain stampingwithout any attention to drawing a socket thereonas would be the casewere the socket 15 formed In Figs. 3 and 4, I show a form of theinvention where the guard is of part spherical form. In this case theinner guard member 13 may be of relatively light leather or the like,and as shown, of relatively small di- S0 mension, the full dimension ofthe guard being produced by the outer metallic shell member 14. In thisform the socket 15 with its opposite ears 16 is the same as already Idescribed, these ears extending between the members 13 and 14 with therivets 17 passed therethrough and upset at the inner side as alreadydescribed. I am aware that the invention may be embodied in otherspeciic forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributesthereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be consideredin all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being hadto .the appended claim rather than to the fore- Patent is In combinationwith the handle of a fencing-foil, a concave-convex metallic guardfitting around said handle, having substantially smooth inner and outersurfaces, and

a metallic socket member, also tting around the handle, provided withoutwardly extending ears lying adjacent the inner sur- `face of saidguard, and nfastening means rigidly xing the ears to said guard, wherebythat portion of the guard adjacent the hanl!" dle is reinforced againstbending stresses.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

HENRY F. EVERETT.

